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Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17207036400112024071114074_aliceguo.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on Thursday announced it has secured a freeze order from the Court of Appeals for the assets of individuals and companies allegedly involved in illegal Philippine offshore gaming operations.</p><p>Included in AMLC’s petition are assets of suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, Zhiyang Huang, and Baoying Lin, who are involved with the companies Zun Yuan Technology Inc., BAOFU Land Development Inc., and Hongsheng Gaming Technology Inc.</p><p>The freeze order approved by the Court of Appeals encompasses 90 bank accounts across 14 financial institutions, several real properties and high-value personal properties such as luxury vehicles and a helicopter.</p><p>Guo and the other individuals identified in the petition are linked to illicit activities in the raided POGO hub in Bamban.</p><div><strong>ARREST SOUGHT</strong></div><p>A Senate panel on Wednesday cited in contempt Guo after she failed to show up in their investigation due to medical reasons.</p><p>&quot;The chair rules to cite in contempt Alice Guo, or Guo Hua Ping, and for [the issuance of a] warrant of arrest [against her],&quot; Sen. Risa Hontiveros said, approving the motion of Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada.</p><p>The senators found unacceptable Guo&#x27;s excuse of deteriorating mental health as the reason for her absence.</p><p>Hontiveros noted Guo&#x27;s letter asking that she be excused from the hearing had no attached medical certificate from a licensed physician.</p><p>In her letter, Guo said medical doctors had refused to give her a medical certificate because they would be subjected to the same ridicule she endured.</p><p>Aside from Guo, 7 other individuals were also cited in contempt. These include some of Guo&#x27;s alleged relatives and those linked to the illegal POGO in Porac, Pampanga.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/11/hontiveros-reminds-guo-subpoena-must-be-followed-1915" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hontiveros reminds Guo: Subpoena must be followed</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/11/alice-guo-inclined-to-forgo-2025-reelection-bid-says-lawyer-907" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alice Guo &#x27;inclined&#x27; to forgo 2025 reelection bid, says lawyer</a></div>

<p>The freeze order approved by the Court of Appeals encompasses 90 bank accounts across 14 financial institutions, several real properties and high-value personal properties such as luxury vehicles and a helicopter.</p>

The freeze order approved by the Court of Appeals encompasses 90 bank accounts across 14 financial institutions, several real properties and high-value personal properties such as luxury vehicles and a helicopter.

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CA freezes assets of Alice Guo, others in illegal POGOs

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Published July 11, 2024 09:14 PM PHT

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